My question: How do I code in VB6 to check for the existence of a particular dataset? If the dataset say named "datasetX" exists then I want to delete it and recreate it. (Deleting and recreating it seems like it will be easier as it will contain an extremely large amount of pushpins...)

Thanks

Hi,

This is in C#, but you can easy convert it to VB. I think you can use the Index direcly in VB (eg you dont neet the get_Item, and I also think you dont need the object o).

Code:

            // find a dataset, and if exists delete it
            object o = "DatasetX";
            try {
                MapPoint.DataSet DatasetX = MP.ActiveMap.DataSets.get_Item(ref o);
                DatasetX.Delete();
            } catch {
                // Dataset does not exists
            }